Lowery Sets CBU's All-Time Assists Record in Lopsided Win at Fresno Pacific

Thursday, October 21

Fresno, Calif.

6 PM

California Baptist University

12-11, 2-2WWPA

Fresno Pacific

5-15, 2-3WWPA

California Baptist

Fresno Pacific

Photo by: Zac Zeman zaczeman.com

Lowery Sets CBU's All-Time Assists Record in Lopsided Win at Fresno Pacific

10/21/2021 7:35:00 PM | Men's Water Polo

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By: Andrew Shortall, Director of Athletics Communications

FRESNO – Zach Lowery made history in California Baptist University men's water polo's game at Fresno Pacific on Thursday night.

The senior attacker set the Lancers' all-time record for assists with three in the game and also scored a pair of his own to lead CBU to a 22-8 Western Water Polo Association win over the Sunbirds.

🚨 NEW RECORD 🚨

Zach Lowery just took over CBU's all-time assists record with #️⃣1️⃣8️⃣8️⃣ of his career! Congratulations Zach and thanks for all the help over the years. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/6poa8d1BCK
— California Baptist Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) October 22, 2021

It was the third-most goals the Lancers have scored in a game this season as they improved to 12-11 overall and 2-2 in the WWPA. Fresno Pacific slips to 5-15 and 2-3.

Cameron Cullen, Hunter Barnett and Joseph Griffin all had hat tricks in the game. Riley Bumgardner matched Lowery with a game-high five points, as well, with four assists, a goal and a steal.

🎩🎩🎩

Cameron Cullen went off for his second hat trick of the season!#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/4ZRgkW8HJm
— California Baptist Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) October 22, 2021

Thomas de Wit and Zach Zetz both scored two goals in the game, while Caleb Teraoka had five steals, a goal and an assist.

It's the start of a busy weekend for the Lancers, as they will play three more games over the next two days at Santa Clara's Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament. CBU will next play Brown on Friday at 12:30 p.m. and then face No. 13 Harvard and seventh-ranked UC Santa Barbara on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., respectively.

You love to see the extra pass 😍#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/8QKuNuEvSb
— California Baptist Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) October 22, 2021

ON THE RECORD
Lowery came into Thursday just one assist off tying Chris Morgan's CBU record of 187 assists. He'll look to build up the record as much as he can, with eight more regular-season games left this year. Lowery also holds the Lancers' career records in games with a goal, assist and steal (53) and multi-assist games (57).

ON A RUN
PJ McDonough scored CBU's first goal of the game and has now scored in all 23 games he's played this year. He also had three steals and a drawn ejection in the win.

McDonough's scoring streak is tied for the third longest in CBU's single-season history. Aaron Steiger owns the longest single-season scoring streak at 38 games set back in 2010, while Logan Mena's 24-straight games in 2018 rank second.

McDonough has actually scored in his last 38 games overall, as he scored in all 12 games in the 2020-21 campaign and the final three games of 2019. McDonough earned All-WWPA First Team honors and NCAA Division I Second Team distinction last season, which made him the first Lancer to earn First or Second Team All-American status in Division I.

WWPA STANDINGS UPDATE
CBU's win moved it into fifth place in the WWPA standings. UC Davis (4-0) and Loyola Marymount (3-0) are still undefeated in league play, while Air Force leads the WWPA in wins (5-1). UC San Diego (3-1) also has just one conference loss so far. Santa Clara (1-3), Concordia (0-4) and Biola (0-6) make up the bottom half of the WWPA standings.